The Railsplitters won the Baseline Holiday Classic Tournament last week by winning three games in three days. After beating James Madison on Wednesday, Friday’s game against Francis Lewis would be Lincoln’s fifth contest in 11 days – one more than they had played all year until the stretch started.

There was definitely visible fatigue in a 45-24 loss to Lewis in a PSAL Queens/Brooklyn AA crossover girls basketball game in Fresh Meadows.

“I feel like my girls didn’t come mentally prepared,” coach Titi Hodges said. “We had a game Wednesday and we’re drained. Back to back games and we have to have practice on Thursday, so it’s like we have no rest days basically. I think our legs were definitely tired. We only have nine girls. It definitely limits us.”

That demonstrated itself most at the free throw line. Those tired legs led to 18 missed foul shots, including just 1-of-6 shooting in a third quarter in which Lincoln (6-4, 3-3 Brooklyn AA Group 1) scored just that one point.

“[We need to] work on our free throws more when we’re tired, basically,” Hodges said. “But even in the beginning from the game, we had free throws right from the jump. And we still couldn’t land those free throws.”

Lincoln had a breakthrough holidays, beating Medgar Evers and Truman, both teams in The Post’s PSAL rankings at the time, en route to the Baseline championship. But Lewis (8-4, 7-1 Queens AA), which has been one of the league’s top programs over the years, was certainly a step up in opposition.

Still, Hodges, the first-year coach, felt this was a game her team could have played better in even without sophomore forward Janera Roper (personal issues).

“I think we could have given them a better competition, a run,” she said. … “I think it was a good test, because we finally got girls fouled out. It was really a good game for us, but we didn’t capitalize off the free throws and the fouls.”

Junior forward Shaquella Figueroa and Simone Roberts each had nine points for the Railsplitters, who have another big game Wednesday against Brooklyn rival Banneker. They did make a solid impression on Lewis. Coach Steve Tsai was impressed about how hard they’re playing for Hodges and co-coach Ciara Shields, who played Division I ball for Providence and Arkansas-Pine Bluffe.

“They were tough,” Patriots junior guard Jasmine Davis said. “Very strong. Good rebounding. Way better than they were last year.”